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Our Last Breath
03:08
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We’re gasping for air once again
Because this sickness in our lungs
Is tearing more than us apart
It’s killing love
Trying it’s best to do us in
Will we prevail in the end
Or will we cower and then let it win
Giving in to death
Drawing in our last breath
Suffocating,
Clinging on to fragments of what’s left
I guess we dance for the ones we remember
Laying down their lives well we stay at home
And we don’t know what it takes
To be tolerant enough to accept that
We will never know what it’s like
To be forced and have no choice
You either starve or risk your life to survive
The very fabric of our echo chamber
Is coming apart at its seams
And now the whispers from the outside
Are louder than they’ve ever been
Exposing imperfections
Inherent in our ways of living
Inevitable change is on the rise
Run for the hills
This concrete kills
It’s built on misery
Say no more,
It won’t get you and me
I guess we dance for the ones we remember
Laying down their lives well we stay at home
And we don’t know what it takes
To be tolerant enough to accept that
We will never know what it’s like
To be forced and have no choice
You either starve or risk your life to survive
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2. |
The Death of You and Me
02:54
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I can’t say I miss the turmoil
You cause in my life
Feels like everything is over
As if all that we grew has now died
I’ve been trying to piece together
What is wrong inside my head
I’m a breathing shell of a man
For a while now I’ve been practically dead
Can’t take this rage away from me
Only replaces the hate I feed
I know that you know
There’s nothing left to fight for
So just let it go
Let go of your pride
Tear it up at the seams
It’ll be the death of you and me
Running a race against myself
And all of my time left
Like betting all my worth
On a rigged game of chess
You’ve brought what I needed to the table
Now help me dig my grave with your flawless shovel
Can’t take this rage away from me
Only replaces the hate I feed
I know that you know
There’s nothing left to fight for
So just let it go
Let go of your pride
Tear it up at the seams
It’ll be the death of you and me
I’m unsurprised to know
That you feel close to nothing
With the words you say
Straighten your back
When you sweep me into cracks
As nothing but the dust
that was in your way
I know that you know
There’s nothing left to fight for
So just let it go
Let go of your pride
Tear it up at the seams
It’ll be the death of you and me
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3. |
Eyes So Blind
02:24
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To the man on the streets
No shoes on his feet
Just making ends meet
With his hand to mouth lifestyle
I feel as though
He’s putting up with shit and
I can’t imagine it
What’s the news say
Still the old same
No mention of their struggles
These pigs don’t care for his or your soul
They’re here for state control
Telling you to stay home
But you’ve got nowhere to go
You can’t fade away
Now he’s seen as just a problem
A burden but not a product
Of a broken social system
He screams but no one listens
I hope this crisis
Exposes the lies in this
Temporary fixes for problems
Inherent in your shit
Telling you to stay home
But you’ve got nowhere to go
You can’t fade away
You can’t force someone to understand
Why they should look out for their fellow man
Issues brushed under the rug
By the same corporate thugs
When I say arm the homeless
Militarize the hopeless
You think I’m playing
But I mean what I’m saying
Imagine role reverse
Bring em to the surface
Show them what life is
When you’re feeling lifeless
With eyes so blind
Through eyes so blind
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4. |
Give the World
02:49
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The weeks are melting into one another
I can’t tell these days apart from my dreams
My mind is filled with these wonders that I’ve cooked up
I’ve lost a bit of grip on reality
So I stay put in this world that I’ve built up myself
Using nothing but my own memories
I’m getting lost in myself with no guiding light
In this darkness nothing is quite as it seems
Still I stay put in this world that I’ve built up myself
Using nothing but my own memories
Now I’d give the world
Just to have mine back
Once in it, I would never leave
I miss the oceans water
Rushing over my feet
While the sunlight
Bleeds through the trees
The weeks are melting into one another
I can’t tell these days apart from my dreams
My mind is filled with the wonders that I’ve cooked up
I’ve lost a bit of grip on reality
Still I stay put in this world that I’ve built up myself
Using nothing but my own memories
I’m getting lost in myself with no guiding light
In this darkness nothing is quite as it seems
Still I stay put in this world that I’ve built up myself
Using nothing but my own memories
Now I’d give the world
Just to have mine back
Once in it, I would never leave
I miss the oceans water
Rushing over my feet
And the sunlight
Bleeds through the trees
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FiveSidedDice Port Elizabeth, South Africa
FiveSidedDice is a multi-genre music project from the coast of South Africa which was started in 2008. After attaining an inclusive degree in music having done a year of a general diploma in music at Nelson Mandela University, the journey of FiveSidedDice remains ongoing, and the sound ever-changing and evolving. The music of FiveSidedDice and affiliated projects is available across all platforms. ... more
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